NPR sues Trump over his executive order cutting public media federal funding: ‘It violates the First Amendment’

NPR has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in response to an executive order signed by the GOP president that effectively terminates all federal funding for NPR, PBS, and other public left-wing outlets.

On Tuesday, NPR and a trio of Colorado public radios filed the lawsuit in a federal court. 

In early May, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in addition to other federal agencies, “to cease Federal funding for NPR” and other public media outlets.

Following the executive order, NPR CEO Katherine Maher later vowed to challenge the order “by all means available.”